Cancer patients are at higher risk of dying from heart disease and stroke

The largest and most comprehensive study looking at deaths from cardiovascular disease among patients with 28 types of cancer with over 40 years of data has shown that more than one in ten cancer patients do not die from their cancer but from heart and blood vessel problems instead.

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Assessing different HPV vaccines and vaccine schedules in adolescent girls and boys

New evidence provides further information on the benefits and harms of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and vaccine schedules in young women and men.

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Master regulator in mitochondria is critical for muscle function and repair

New study identifies how loss of mitochondrial protein MICU1 disrupts calcium balance and causes muscle atrophy and weakness.

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Findings could identify aggressive breast cancers that will respond to immunotherapy

Researchers discovered a biological signature that could help identify which triple negative breast cancers might respond to immunotherapy and other treatments.

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Discovery reveals mechanism that turns herpes virus on and off

New research has identified a new mechanism that plays a role in controlling how the herpes virus alternates between dormant and active stages of infection.

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'Give me the calcium!' Tulane virus takes over cellular calcium signaling to replicate

Researchers uncover the first piece of functional evidence suggesting that Tulane virus and human norovirus use viroporins to control cellular calcium signaling.

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Defining a new approach to treating Parkinson's disease

Scientists have identified Cav2.3 as a new target for a promising specific therapy.

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Oxygen-starved tumor cells have survival advantage that promotes cancer spread

Using cells from human breast cancers and mouse breast cancer models, researchers say they have significant new evidence that tumor cells exposed to low-oxygen conditions have an advantage when it comes to invading and surviving in the bloodstream.

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Anorexia nervosa comes in all sizes, including plus size

Adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa whose weight is in the healthy, overweight or obese ranges face similar cardiovascular and other health complications as their counterparts with low body mass index (BMI), according to a new study.

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Simple blood test for early detection of breast cancer

Breast cancer could be detected up to five years before there are any clinical signs of it, using a blood test that identifies the body's immune response to substances produced by tumor cells, according to new research.

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